In an opinion piece Monday in The Washington Post, the former vice president also blasted as a “baldfaced lie” the president’s claims that coronavirus testing would be available to all Americans.
While neither charge is new – the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has been emphasizing both arguments for at least a month – it’s a further sign that there will be no let-up of a full-court press by Biden, his campaign and allied groups in slamming Trump over his handling of the federal government’s response to the pandemic. The coronavirus has become the dominant issue in the presidential campaign with less than six months to go until the November election.
“It’s been more than two months since Trump claimed that ‘anybody that wants a test can get a test.’ It was a baldfaced lie when he said it, and it still isn’t remotely true,” Biden wrote. “If we’re going to have thriving workplaces, restaurants, stores and parks, we need widespread testing. Trump can’t seem to provide it — to say nothing of worker safety protocols, consistent health guidelines or clear federal leadership to coordinate a responsible reopening.”
-READ MORENEW: @JoeBiden writes in the @washingtonpost that Trump is presenting a false choice between public health & the economy. It’s not.
— Matt Hill (@thematthill) May 11, 2020
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